Benjamin Franklin Sturm (1849-1918)

Mary Kathryn Downs (1849-1883)

Ernest Ray Sturm (1873-After 1920)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. India May Knight Earl C. Sturm+ Ernest Ray Sturm 1 Born: 5 August 1873, , Marion County, WV Marriage (1): India May Knight on 14 April 1895 in Calhoun County, WV Died: After 1920   Noted events in his life were: • He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Lee Magisterial District, Calhoun County, WV on 12 June 1880. 1 1880 US Census Page 244D, District 144, Dwelling 1, Family 1, Roll 1401 Lee District, Calhoun County, West Virginia Ernest R. Sturm..Son..7..WV (Living with parents.) NOTE - If his birth date was 5 Aug 1873, then his age should have been 6 instead of 7. . Ernest married India May Knight, daughter of David Wilson Knight and Catherine Barr, on 14 April 1895 in Calhoun County, WV. (India May Knight was born on 12 May 1879 in Calhoun County, WV,2 3 4 died on 18 November 1953 2 and was buried after 18 November 1953 in Lee Magisterial District, Calhoun County, WV 3.)

1 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Lee District, Calhoun County, West Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 144, p. 244D, dwelling 1, family 1, Benjamin Franklin Sturm and Mary Kathryn Downs; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 24 Apr 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1401.

2 D. K. Bartram, Jr., World Family Tree Vol. 002, Ed. 1, Tree #0263 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: November 29, 1995).

3 Polli Kreaps, "Walker Kreaps APRIL 2008" (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pollee_tribe; Updated: 2008-04-10 04:15:54 UTC (Thu)).

4 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Lee District, Calhoun County, West Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 144, p. 252D, dwelling 7, family 7, David Wilson Knight and Catherine Barr; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 27 Mar 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1401.